In Living Color: Multiracial Celebrities

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Black Hollywood isn't just rich in personalities. It's also got a wealth of cultural heritages in the mix. Some of our favorite celebrities boast European, Asian and Hispanic bloodlines. From Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell and Shemar Moore to Miguel and Alicia Keys, here's a look at multiracial Black celebrities in the public eye.

Halle Berry

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The Oscar-winning actress is African-American and White. "Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, Black or White," she recently told the New York Times Magazine.

Naomi Campbell

2/22

The supermodel is of both Afro-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican ancestry.

Shemar Moore

Boris Kodjoe

4/22

The Real Husbands of Hollywood star is the son a German mother and Ghanaian father.

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Sharon Leal

5/22

The Dreamgirls star is half African-American and Filipino.

Lauren London

6/22

The Game star was born to an African-American mother and Jewish father. "I’m a Black woman like my mother, and I love who my father is, and I love both sides of me,' she told Skin Deep's Kathleen Cross.

Tia & Tamera Mowry

7/22

The beloved twins are the daughters of an Bahamaian-American mom and British-American father.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

8/22

The sexy actor is half African-American and Samoan.

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Miguel

9/22

Miguel

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Ne-Yo

10/22

Ne-Yo

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Maya Rudolph

11/22

The Bridesmaids star is the daughter of beloved African-American singer Minnie Riperton and Jewish music producer/composer Richard Rudolph.

Giancarlo Esposito

12/22

The veteran actor—who currently stars in NBC's Revolution—was born to an African-American mother and Italian father.

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Wentworth Miller

13/22

Though he's played White roles, actor Wentworth Miller was born to an African-American father and French-Syrian mother.

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Jasmine Guy

14/22

The Different World star was born to an African-American father and Portuguese mother.

Mya

15/22

The singer was born to an African-American father and Italian-American mother.

Kat Graham

16/22

The Vampire Diaries star's father is Americo-Liberian, her mother of Russian Jewish descent.

Amerie

17/22

Born Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, the singer's mother is half Korean and African-American.

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Kid Cudi

18/22

Born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, the indie rapper is African-American and Mexican.

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Alicia Keys

19/22

The ESSENCE January 2013 cover girl is the daughter of an African-American father and an Irish and Italian mother.

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Rashida Jones

20/22

Jones is the daughter of producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, who is White.